Family Group Sheet
Family Group Sheet
NamePrince Constantine (Dimitrios) Soutzo, 6C7R
Birth2 Aug 1837, Bucharest, Romania
Death15 May 1914, Bucharest, Romania
Note 1He killed Prince Nicolai Ghika in a notorious duel at Belle Croix, Fontainebleau on 26 Nov 1873, believing Ghika to be his wife’s lover. Ghika died of a thigh injury the following day.
Note 2Sentenced to four years in prison. This was the last fatal duel in Paris and figured in a film by the Lumières brothers: ‘Duel aux Pistolets’ (1898).
Note 3His wife Nathalie, daughter of the Romanian finance minister, wanted a divorce and took their young son to Romania. Soutzo tried to abduct the three year-old but was stopped at the border.
FlagsCallimachi, Cantacuzene, Caradja, Giustiniani Pi, Mavrogordato, Maximo, Soutzo
FatherPrince Dimitrios (George) Soutzo (?-1865)
MotherSmaragda (Constantine) Soutzo (?-1874)
Other spousesNathalie (Petros) Mavroyeni, 8C5R
Marriage26 Apr 1877, Bucharest, Romania
SpouseMarie Romalo
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